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I love Alexandra despite its popularity. I prefer Allie to Alex, but I like Alex as a girls' nickname as well. I dislike Alex for boys because it's so overused for boys, and I have some bad associations with guys named Alex, though. I have good associations with Alex for girls.

This message was edited 10/23/2011, 10:04 AM

I love Alexandra, primarily because it's my mother's mn. Without that meaningful connection, I would probably just think it's all right. I don't like any of the nicknames, and I'm always a little surprised by the number of Alexandras, Alexandrias, Alexises, Alexas, Alexanders, Alexes, Alecs, and so on and so on that I meet. I'm not bothered by the popularity of any one individual name, but as a group, it's overwhelming.

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Between Allie and Alex, I prefer Alex. Not my favorite, though.

I like it. It seemed Alex names were quite overdone for a while, but it feels less so now. Def. prefer Alex to Allie.

I like it. I prefer Allie.

I like Alexandra, but it's very common / popular. I prefer Alexandria.
I like Alex. Allie sounds good, but it seems very preppy to me. Out of those two I prefer Alex, but I also like Andra and Xandra.

I love Alexandra. I think it's gorgeous and timeless.

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I'm not really a fan of the nn's though. Allie is kind of cute, but still not a favourite. I don't mind Lexi, but I prefer the full name on it's own. :)

This message was edited 10/21/2011, 4:48 PM